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[Angie]

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[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Nancy wrote: "I read the NYRB edition (The Engagement) some time ago. I loved that book."

I saw your review. I have some of his Maigret books but I decided to read a few more of his stand-alone roman noirs before tackling the Maigret series. Engagement seemed like a good choice. I got the Penguin Classic edition.

[Michelle]

I just finished Cat’s Lair by Christen Feehan.

[Thomas]

Historical fiction at its best. Warriors of the Storm by Bernard Cornwell
My 4 star review.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

[Christine]

Sandy how are both of your books going?

[Michelle]

Currently reading Gone For Good by Harlan Corben.

[Dem]

Finished Let Her Be Lisa Unger

This is my review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3492112771

[Georgia]

I’m reading a interesting book which is a bit different! The Last Child by John Hart. Am loving it as all human emotions fill this book!

[Aditya]

Finished Queenpin by Megan Abbott. Reminded me of 40s noir with gender roles reversed. However it is very generic. Rating - 3/5

My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

I finished my 77th book

[Araych]

Four to Score by Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum #4, OK to read as a stand-alone. Very entertaining light comic mystery in the Plum series. Drag queens, fingers getting chopped off, and a sex scene narrated by Stephanie in the first person....what's not to like? 4 stars.

[Liz]

I just finished listening to The Chestnut Man

Here’s a link to my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Liz]

I just finished Hanging Falls

Here’s my four star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Zoe]

Currently reading We Begin At The End by Chris Whitaker.... oooo boy this looks good

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

Finished The Descent by Matt Brolly. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

[Linda]

The Bone Collector

[Araych]

The Dutch Blue Error by William Tapply

Brady Coyne #2, OK to read as a stand-alone. Enjoyable mystery revolving around the search for a rare stamp. I like this series and I enjoyed this early entry (1984) but I was able to figure out the villain about half way through. 3 stars.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished:


The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


Swag by Elmore Leonard

Also, as part of a group read, I started (and am already about halfway through):


The Bad Seed by William March

[Bill]

Woman Who Married A Bear by John Straley. Enjoying very much at the moment

[Bill]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "I finished:


The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started r..."

The Bad Seed was a strange, fascinating book.

[PattyMacDotComma]

I know, I know! I'm not the first to fall for Anthony Horowitz's convoluted Magpie Murders, but I can see why it hit the bestseller lists. So clever, doubling up two books and solving two crimes for the price of one. Loved it!
5★ Link to my Magpie Murders review

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Very late last night I finished The Big Nowhere, and then proceeded to stay wide awake because of it. The novel is darker than dark and extremely bleak, but that makes it sound bad when it's actually amazingly good. I'm taking a break from Ellroy for a few days to restore my mental health but then it's on to L.A. Confidential.

[James]

Now starting INDIGO by Loren Estleman, the sixth book in his ongoing series featuring Valentino the film detective.

[Barbara]

The Fireman by Joe Hill

A strange malady called Dragonscale causes people to spontaneously combust, leading to a pandemic and all sorts of trouble.

Very good story. 4 stars

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Leena]

Reading The Spite Game by Anna Snoekstra

[Leena]

I finished a cozy mystery by Annette Drake : Murder Comes to the County Fair

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Bill wrote: "The Bad Seed was a strange, fascinating book..."

I'm enjoying it so far. It must have been really far out there when it was first published in the 1950s.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Nancy wrote: "Very late last night I finished The Big Nowhere, and then proceeded to stay wide awake because of it. The novel is darker than dark and extremely bleak, but that makes it sound bad wh..."

Now I can't wait to read it!

Have you read Clandestine? I understand it's got some supporting characters that also appear in the LA Quartet. I was wondering how it stacks up.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Very late last night I finished The Big Nowhere, and then proceeded to stay wide awake because of it. The novel is darker than dark and extremely bleak, but that makes i..."

Years ago, so the details have sort of faded. But I'll get around to it again ...just dug out all of my Ellroy novels (which I think are the entire oeuvre), put them in a stack and moved them to the front of the shelf.

I will say that Dudley Smith is likely at or very near the the top of my imaginary "despicable fictional characters" list.

[Barbara]

Dave wrote: "Just finished Girl in the spiders web. Great read."

I like this series. 🙂

[Michael]

Just finished Recursion by Blake Crouch. Wow! What a story!

[Thomas]

My review of an entertaining mystery set in the hip hop/rap music world, The Darkest Hearts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Bill]

I finished Woman Who Married A Bear by John Straley. Excellent (5 stars) My review is below

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Next in line is Rock Paper Tiger by Lisa Brackmann.

[Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break)]

While You Slept by R.J. Parker

Finished reading The Child Across the Street by Kerry Wilkinson which I really enjoyed. https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

I finished my 78th book

[Christine]

Sandy how are both of your books going?

[Faith]

My review of A Private Cathedral by James Lee Burke

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Saika]

Just Finished Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Find my review review/show/3498843360?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

[Araych]

Threshold by G. M. Ford

This is the only Mickey Dolan mystery and that's a shame. This is a dynamite book, full of wonderful characters and with a plot that just carried me along for the ride. 4 stars, highly recommended.

[Chris]

Started The Murder on the Links #2 Poirot book by Agatha Christie.

[Tony]

Currently Reading Death Match by Lincoln Child

[Zoe]

Currently reading All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban.... it’s YA and it’s just eerily creepy and chock filled with suspense.. have had my eye on this book for awhile and yes it is exceeding expectations and they were pretty high

[Riddhi]

Hey, I'm Riddhi, a book reviewer from India. I love reading thrillers and my latest read is 'The Boy from the Woods' by Harlan Coben. You can check out my review here: https://bit.ly/3kXAhqw

[Dem]

Just finished Buried Jeffrey Deaver

This is my review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/3502052625

[Aditya]

Finished A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block. Last full length novel in the Scudder series. Rating - 3/5

My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jannelies (living between hope and fear)]

I've just finished The Child Who Never Was by Jane Renshaw The child who never was by Jane Renshaw.
Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I also just finished Mirror (Alex Madison #3) by Adam Southward Mirror, by Adam Southward.
Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Riddhi wrote: "Hey, I'm Riddhi, a book reviewer from India. I love reading thrillers and my latest read is 'The Boy from the Woods' by Harlan Coben. You can check out my review here: https://bit.ly/3kXAhqw"

Welcome to the group, Riddhi! Wow -- you just join the group and you're already the discussion leader for The Chain in September.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

All the talk of Simenon made me want to read him again, so it's The Grand Banks Café for me, starting later today. I'm also reading A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes by Eric Jay Dolin while hoping we miss the worst of hurricane season here.

Yesterday I finished an excellent novel from the 1940s (not crime) called Lucifer and the Child which kept me guessing all the way through and gutted me at the end.

[Michael]

Currently reading Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson and Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.